2012 Petit Le Mans

Sportscar endurance race in Georgia, US June 2025 thumb|The Track map of Road Atlanta The 15th Annual Petit Le Mans was an endurance auto race held at the Road Atlanta circuit in Braselton, Georgia on October 20, 2012. The race served as the final round of both the American Le Mans Series and European Le Mans Series seasons.ALMS, Petit Le Mans – Preview – Action Ahoy! https://archive2.dailysportscar.com/viewArticle.cfm@articleUID=708BDBAE-AD51-FE00-52C61245B146630E.html DailySportsCar October 2012 January 21, 2024 Nicolas Prost, Neel Jani, and Andrea Belicchi of Rebellion Racing won the event by a three lap margin after qualifying on pole position in only the team's second attempt at the race. Level 5 Motorsports's two cars finished in second and third overall and lead the P2 category, while TDS Racing led home the European Le Mans Series contingent with fourth place overall. CORE Autosport won the PC category by two laps over RSR Racing. In GT, Extreme Speed Motorsports led the class for Ferrari over Corvette Racing, while IMSA Performance Matmut was the sole survivor in the GTE Am category. NGT Motorsport dominated the GTC class with five laps over TRG who held second and third place. Race Result thumb|Rebellion Racing won the race overall and in P1 thumb|Level 5 Motorsports won the P2 class. thumb|CORE Autosport won the LMPC class. thumb|The GT class winners were Extreme Speed Motorsports. thumb|The GTE-Am class for ELMS competitors was won by IMSA Performance. thumb|NGT Motorsports took honors in the GTC class. Class winners in bold. Cars failing to complete 70% of their class winner's distance are marked as Not Classified (NC).http://www.alms.com/sites/default/files/race_result_files/Road%20Atlanta%20Provisional%20Race.pdf Provisional Race Report International Motor Sports Association October 20, 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20130921130357/http://www.alms.com/sites/default/files/race_result_files/Road%20Atlanta%20Provisional%20Race.pdf September 21, 2013 Pos Class No Team Drivers Chassis Tire Laps Engine 1 P1 12 SUI Rebellion Racing SUI Neel JaniFRA Nicolas ProstITA Andrea Belicchi Lola B12/60 Michelin 394 Toyota RV8KLM 3.4 L V8 2 P2 95 USA Level 5 Motorsports USA Scott TuckerFRA Christophe BouchutMEX Luis Díaz HPD ARX-03b Dunlop 391 Honda HR28TT 2.8 L Turbo V6 3 P2 055 USA Level 5 Motorsports USA Scott TuckerGBR Dario FranchittiGBR Marino Franchitti HPD ARX-03b Dunlop 390 Honda HR28TT 2.8 L Turbo V6 4 P2 46 FRA Thiriet by TDS Racing FRA Pierre ThirietFRA Christophe TinseauSUI Mathias Beche Oreca 03 Dunlop 390 Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8 5 0 USA DeltaWing Nissan USA Gunnar JeannetteESP Lucas Ordóñez DeltaWing Michelin 388 Nissan 1.6 L Turbo I4 6 PC 06 USA CORE Autosport VEN Alex PopowGBR Ryan DalzielCAN Mark Wilkins Oreca FLM09 Michelin 385 Chevrolet LS3 6.2 L V8 7 P2 35 FRA OAK Racing FRA Jacques NicoletFRA Olivier PlaBEL Bertrand Baguette Morgan LMP2 Dunlop 383 Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8 8 PC 9 USA RSR Racing BRA Bruno JunqueiraUSA Tomy DrissiPRI Ricardo Vera Oreca FLM09 Michelin 383 Chevrolet LS3 6.2 L V8 9 PC 52 USA PR1 Mathiasen Motorsports MEX Rudy Junco, Jr.USA Ken DobsonECU Elton Julian Oreca FLM09 Michelin 382 Chevrolet LS3 6.2 L V8 10 PC 05 USA CORE Autosport USA Colin BraunUSA Jon BennettMEX Ricardo González Oreca FLM09 Michelin 381 Chevrolet LS3 6.2 L V8 11 PC 8 USA Merchant Services Racing CAN Kyle MarcelliUSA Matt DownsUSA Chapman Ducote Oreca FLM09 Michelin 376 Chevrolet LS3 6.2 L V8 12 GT 01 USA Extreme Speed Motorsports USA Scott SharpUSA Johannes van OverbeekFIN Toni Vilander Ferrari 458 Italia GT2 Michelin 375 Ferrari F136 4.5 L V8 13 GT 3 USA Corvette Racing DEN Jan MagnussenESP Antonio GarcíaUSA Jordan Taylor Chevrolet Corvette C6.R Michelin 375 Chevrolet LS5.5R 5.5 L V8 14 GT 55 USA BMW Team RLL USA Bill AuberlenDEU Jörg MüllerUSA Jonathan Summerton BMW M3 GT2 Dunlop 374 BMW S65 4.0 L V8 15 GT 56 USA BMW Team RLL DEU Dirk MüllerDEU Uwe AlzenUSA Jonathan Summerton BMW M3 GT2 Dunlop 373 BMW S65 4.0 L V8 16 GT 45 USA Flying Lizard Motorsports USA Patrick LongDEU Jörg BergmeisterFRA Patrick Pilet Porsche 997 GT3-RSR Michelin 373 Porsche M97/74 4.0 L Flat-6 17 GT 17 USA Team Falken Tire USA Bryan SellersDEU Wolf HenzlerAUT Martin Ragginger Porsche 997 GT3-RSR Falken 372 Porsche M97/74 4.0 L Flat-6 18 PC 25 USA Dempsey Racing USA Duncan EndeFRA Henri RichardGBR Ryan Lewis Oreca FLM09 Michelin 372 Chevrolet LS3 6.2 L V8 19 GT 44 USA Flying Lizard Motorsports USA Seth NeimanDEU Marco HolzerGBR Nick Tandy Porsche 997 GT3-RSR Michelin 369 Porsche M97/74 4.0 L Flat-6 20 GT 91 USA SRT Motorsports CAN Kuno WittmerDEU Dominik FarnbacherUSA Ryan Hunter-Reay SRT Viper GTS-R Michelin 369 SRT 8.0 L V10 21 GT 02 USA Extreme Speed Motorsports USA Ed BrownUSA Guy CosmoUSA Anthony Lazzaro Ferrari 458 Italia GT2 Michelin 368 Ferrari F136 4.5 L V8 22 GT 48 USA Paul Miller Racing USA Bryce MillerDEU Sascha MaassenAUT Richard Lietz Porsche 997 GT3-RSR Dunlop 367 Porsche M97/74 4.0 L Flat-6 23 GTEAm 67 FRA IMSA Performance Matmut FRA Anthony PonsFRA Nicolas ArmindoFRA Raymond Narac Porsche 997 GT3-RSR Michelin 363 Porsche M97/74 4.0 L Flat-6 24 GT 23 USA Lotus Alex Job Racing USA Townsend BellUSA Bill SweedlerGBR Johnny Mowlem Lotus Evora GTE Yokohama 360 Toyota-Cosworth 3.5 L V6 25 GTC 30 USA NGT Motorsport USA Henrique CisnerosDEU Mario FarnbacherPOL Jakub Giermaziak Porsche 997 GT3 Cup Yokohama 356 Porsche M97/74 4.0 L Flat-6 26 GTC 66 USA TRG VEN Emilio Di GuidaUSA Spencer PumpellyUSA Nelson Canache Porsche 997 GT3 Cup Yokohama 351 Porsche M97/74 4.0 L Flat-6 27 GTC 68 USA TRG FRA Emmanuel CollardUSA Mike HedlundMEX Manuel Gutierrez, Jr. Porsche 997 GT3 Cup Yokohama 351 Porsche M97/74 4.0 L Flat-6 28 GTC 11 USA JDX Racing CAN Chris CummingCAN Michael ValianteUSA Sean Johnston Porsche 997 GT3 Cup Yokohama 351 Porsche M97/74 4.0 L Flat-6 29DNF GTC 22 USA Alex Job Racing USA Leh KeenUSA Cooper MacNeilRSA Dion von Moltke Porsche 997 GT3 Cup Yokohama 349 Porsche M97/74 4.0 L Flat-6 30 GT 4 USA Corvette Racing GBR Oliver GavinGBR Richard WestbrookUSA Tommy Milner Chevrolet Corvette C6.R Michelin 348 Chevrolet LS5.5R 5.5 L V8 31 P1 16 USA Dyson Racing Team USA Chris DysonGBR Guy SmithGBR Steven Kane Lola B12/60 Dunlop 338 Mazda MZR-R 2.0 L Turbo I4(Hybrid Butanol) 32 P2 1 GBR Greaves Motorsport GBR Alex BrundleGBR Alex BuncombeGBR Tom Kimber-Smith Zytek Z11SN Dunlop 338 Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8 33 P1 6 USA Muscle Milk Pickett Racing DEU Klaus GrafDEU Lucas LuhrFRA Romain Dumas HPD ARX-03a Michelin 334 Honda AR6-LMV8 3.4 L V8 34DNF P2 118 IRL Murphy Prototypes GBR Warren HughesGBR Jody FirthNZL Brendon Hartley Oreca 03 Dunlop 330 Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8 35DNF P1 20 USA Dyson Racing Team CAN Tony BurgessUSA Chris McMurryRSA Mark Patterson Lola B11/66 Dunlop 322 Mazda MZR-R 2.0 L Turbo I4(Butanol) 36 GTC 31 USA NGT Motorsport VEN Angel Benitez, Jr.USA Mark BullittUSA Jeff Segal Porsche 997 GT3 Cup Yokohama 318 Porsche M97/74 4.0 L Flat-6 37DNF GTC 24 USA Competition Motorsports USA Andrew DavisUSA Michael AvenattiAUS David Calvert-Jones Porsche 997 GT3 Cup Yokohama 267 Porsche M97/74 4.0 L Flat-6 38DNF GTEAm 60 ITA AF Corse ITA Piergiuseppe PerazziniITA Marco CiociIRL Matt Griffin Ferrari 458 Italia GT2 Michelin 232 Ferrari F136 4.5 L V8 39DNF GT 93 USA SRT Motorsports USA Tommy KendallUSA Jonathan BomaritoBEL Marc Goossens SRT Viper GTS-R Michelin 224 SRT 8.0 L V10 40DNF P2 27 USA Dempsey Racing USA Patrick DempseyUSA Joe FosterUSA Dane Cameron Lola B12/87 Michelin 220 Judd DB 3.6 L V8 41DNF GTC 34 USA Green Hornet Racing USA Peter LeSaffreUSA Brian WongIRL Damien Faulkner Porsche 997 GT3 Cup Yokohama 40 Porsche M97/74 4.0 L Flat-6 DSQ1 1 P2 37 USA Conquest Endurance GBR Martin PlowmanDEN David Heinemeier HanssonUSA Eric Lux Morgan LMP2 Dunlop 391 Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8 1 – The #37 Conquest Morgan-Nissan was disqualified for exceeding the maximum number of hours a single driver could be in the car. References 2012 American Le Mans Series American Le Mans Series VIR 240 none 2012 European Le Mans Series 6 Hours of Donington none2012 2011 2013 Petit Le Mans Petit Le Mans Petit Le Mans Category:Petit Le Mans Category:October 2012 sports events in the United States